GLASS DESIGN

Glass protects from sunshine, warmth, noise and radiation. It can beself-cleaning, energy storing, regulating and supporting. Glass can domore than encase and illuminate, it can expressively put on display and soaccompanies light on its way in both directions. It is provided every timeagain, what phenomenal qualitites glass contributes as an architecturalbuilding block. Glass primarily offers design options by the variousstyles of treating its surface. Layering, printing, colouring, marking andetching create in isolation or in combination a wide range of the mostdiverse appearances, which allow the designer a free hand in the processof applying his ideas. This book introduces notable objects from the areas of private living,public and sacred buildings. With numerous illustrations, portraits arepresented of hotels, restaurants and bars, togehter with concincinglydesigned projects of renowned architects. 23 x 18 cm 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. 400 pages Hardcover text in english german french spanish italian